• Question: do they give nobel prizes for english prizes?

    Asked by antonia to Chris, Emily, Martin, Natalie, Tamsin on 24 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
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      Chris Cooper answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      They do for literature. See: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/shortfacts.html

      Harold Pinter and Doris Lessing are two recent English language writing winners.,

      Only two people have ever refused any Nobel Prize on a personal basis (as opposed to their government forcing them to).

      One was for literature. Do you know who it was?

      By the way best Pinter play – The Caretaker. I haven’t read the older “classic” Lessing, but I really liked “The Good Terrorist”. I thought her science fiction a bit weak personally.

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      Martin Coath answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      Hi Antonia

      Do you mean Nobel prizes for English?

      No – but there is a Nobel prize for literature so writers in English are in with a chance at least!

      Doris Lessing won the Nobel for literature just two or three years ago. People tell me she is great writer – I admit I haven’t read any of her work. Maybe I should.

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